Global Links Nebulizer Campaign

Give the Breath of Life

Imagine that your child suffers from asthma. She is in respiratory distress, wheezing and struggling to breathe. Now imagine that you live in a rural area in Nicaragua, and you must carry your child several miles to a clinic for a breathing treatment. When you arrive, another family is using the clinic’s only nebulizer. You must wait your turn, listening to your child fight for breath.

All across Central and South America, nebulizers are in short supply, but asthma is on the rise. Deteriorating environmental conditions underlie increasing rates of respiratory disease, especially among children. The dust from unpaved roads, smoke from cooking fires, and burning garbage all exacerbate the condition.

In this country, most nebulizers – breathing machines – cannot be returned for reuse. But Global Links collects used nebulizers for donation to our partner hospitals and clinics. Volunteers clean and prepare them for shipment, and pack the supplies necessary for their use.

Donating a nebulizer will improve healthcare in resource-poor communities. All electric nebulizers can be mailed or dropped off at Global Links, 4809 Penn Ave. #2, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, Attn: Nebulizer Campaign. (No battery operated machines accepted)

For more information, email the Medical Outreach Manager, or call 412.361.3424 ext. 213.

Or make a donation of $100 to sponsor the purchase of a new nebulizer kit (machine and accessories to serve over 25 children). Click here to donate now.